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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (47.2% of reviews)
Small-Business (45.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Per Month
$0.00 Per Month
Backlog
Star Rating
(382)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (47.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 4 pricing plansCircleCI
Star Rating
(506)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (45.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00 Per Month
Browse all 4 pricing plansBacklog vs CircleCI
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Backlog easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Backlog overall.
- Reviewers felt that Backlog meets the needs of their business better than CircleCI.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Backlog is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Backlog over CircleCI.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Backlog
Free
Free
Per Month
For small projects
Up to 10 users
- 10 users
- 1 project
- 100 MB storage
CircleCI
FREE
$0.00
Per Month
Do more with your minutes.
- Up to 6,000 build minutes per month
- Largest selection: Build for Docker, Windows, Linux, Arm, and macOS or on your own compute with self-hosted runners
- Build better: Choose the right resource class size (S–L) to go fast and maximize your build minutes
Free Trial
Backlog
Free Trial is available
CircleCI
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.1
301
8.8
443
Ease of Use
9.3
303
8.5
445
Ease of Setup
9.5
205
8.4
168
Ease of Admin
8.8
72
8.3
163
Quality of Support
9.1
261
8.2
320
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
66
8.6
134
Product Direction (% positive)
9.2
294
7.9
440
Features by Category
Tasks
9.3
117
Not enough data
9.1
116
Not enough data
9.1
113
Not enough data
8.9
110
Not enough data
8.6
112
Not enough data
8.7
111
Not enough data
8.9
112
Not enough data
8.9
109
Not enough data
Projects
8.9
108
Not enough data
8.7
109
Not enough data
8.8
109
Not enough data
8.8
108
Not enough data
8.9
109
Not enough data
8.7
108
Not enough data
9.0
108
Not enough data
8.6
107
Not enough data
8.6
107
Not enough data
8.7
108
Not enough data
8.7
106
Not enough data
Resource Management
8.9
106
Not enough data
8.9
106
Not enough data
8.9
105
Not enough data
Project Monitoring
8.9
106
Not enough data
8.8
107
Not enough data
8.9
107
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.3
57
Not enough data
8.4
57
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Project Management
10.0
7
Not enough data
10.0
7
Not enough data
10.0
7
Not enough data
9.8
7
Not enough data
10.0
7
Not enough data
10.0
7
Not enough data
10.0
7
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
8.7
54
Not enough data
8.5
59
Not enough data
8.1
51
Management
Not enough data
8.5
60
Not enough data
7.7
47
Not enough data
8.7
59
Agentic AI - Continuous Delivery
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Bug Reporting
9.0
144
Not enough data
9.0
143
Not enough data
9.1
153
Not enough data
Bug Monitoring
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.1
155
Not enough data
9.1
148
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Bug Tracking
9.8
8
Not enough data
10.0
8
Not enough data
10.0
8
Not enough data
Task Creation
9.2
84
Not enough data
9.1
84
Not enough data
9.1
84
Not enough data
9.2
83
Not enough data
Task Management
9.3
84
Not enough data
9.1
84
Not enough data
9.0
84
Not enough data
9.0
83
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.4
37
Not enough data
8.6
37
Not enough data
Automation
8.8
46
Not enough data
8.9
47
Not enough data
9.1
47
Not enough data
Administration
9.3
47
Not enough data
9.2
47
Not enough data
9.6
47
Not enough data
Project management
9.4
48
Not enough data
9.1
46
Not enough data
9.2
47
Not enough data
9.3
47
Not enough data
9.1
47
Not enough data
9.0
47
Not enough data
9.6
47
Not enough data
Workload
9.3
48
Not enough data
9.4
48
Not enough data
9.2
48
Not enough data
9.2
46
Not enough data
Communication & Collaboration
9.4
47
Not enough data
9.2
46
Not enough data
9.3
46
Not enough data
Cost Management
9.1
46
Not enough data
9.2
46
Not enough data
9.3
46
Not enough data
Integration
9.0
46
Not enough data
9.1
46
Not enough data
9.2
45
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.7
24
Not enough data
8.8
24
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Work Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Communication
8.1
66
Not enough data
8.4
68
Not enough data
8.1
66
Not enough data
8.6
65
Not enough data
8.4
64
Not enough data
Content & Documents
8.4
67
Not enough data
8.6
71
Not enough data
8.4
71
Not enough data
8.4
68
Not enough data
Controls
8.5
68
Not enough data
8.4
65
Not enough data
8.6
69
Not enough data
8.4
63
Not enough data
8.3
63
Not enough data
Project Management
9.2
73
Not enough data
9.1
69
Not enough data
9.0
69
Not enough data
8.6
65
Not enough data
Remote Collaboration
8.7
67
Not enough data
8.9
67
Not enough data
8.7
65
Not enough data
8.0
63
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.7
30
Not enough data
6.7
30
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
8.9
19
Not enough data
9.0
20
Not enough data
8.7
19
Functionality
Not enough data
9.0
23
Not enough data
9.0
23
Not enough data
8.8
20
Processes
Not enough data
8.8
23
Not enough data
8.9
22
Not enough data
9.1
22
Functionality
Not enough data
8.7
77
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Verified
Not enough data
8.3
63
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
67
|
Verified
Management
Not enough data
8.8
71
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
77
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
61
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Continuous Integration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Backlog and CircleCI share no categories
Unique Categories
Backlog is categorized as Project Collaboration, Version Control Hosting, Task Management, Bug Tracking, Project Management, and Work Management
CircleCI is categorized as DevOps Platforms, Continuous Integration, Build Automation, and Continuous Delivery
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Backlog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
CircleCI
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
46.3%
Computer Software
19.2%
Hospital & Health Care
2.4%
Marketing and Advertising
2.1%
Retail
1.5%
Other
28.6%
Computer Software
26.5%
Information Technology and Services
17.4%
Internet
10.1%
Financial Services
4.5%
Marketing and Advertising
3.2%
Other
38.3%
Alternatives
Discussions
When we can add more field in bug Life cycle ?
1 Comment
JT
Hi Pankaj,
Thank you for your feedback! Currently, the customisation status field is not available. We will share your feedback with the Dev team and...Read more
How do I use this app with other apps like this?
1 Comment
JT
Hi Akshay,
Backlog offers direct integrations - https://backlog.com/integrations/. If the apps you are looking at is not in the integration list, we...Read more
Can I attach documents like snip the screen area and click done.
1 Comment
JT
Hi Yashika,
Do you mean auto attached the screenshot? In Backlog, you can drag and drop files or select files to attach them. Read more
How do I get started?
1 Comment
Official Response from CircleCI
Linux plans start with the ability to run one build simultaneously without parallelism at no charge. Open source projects get 3 additional free containers,...Read more
What is concurrency? What is parallelism?
1 Comment
Official Response from CircleCI
Concurrency refers to utilizing multiple containers to run multiple builds at the same time. Otherwise, if you don't have enough free containers available,...Read more
How do containers work?
1 Comment
Official Response from CircleCI
Every time you push to your VCS system, we checkout your code and run your build inside of a fresh, on-demand, and isolated Linux container pre-loaded with...Read more
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